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There's a wonderful book by David Hockney called "Secret knowledge: recovering the lost techniques of the Old masters" where he lays out some pretty compelling
by anonymousDan 13y ago
There's a wonderful book by David Hockney called "Secret knowledge: recovering the lost techniques of the Old masters" where he lays out some pretty compelling evidence for this idea. It's also beautifully designed, as you might expect from Hockney. I keep meaning to try out some of the techniques mentioned to see how well they work but haven't got round to it yet.
- podperson 13y agoThe book is great and I'd say the case he makes is pretty water tight (and I say that as someone who wasn't much of a Hockney fan going in, and was very resistant to the idea that some of my favorite artists "cheated" ... but of course artists always "cheat" -- their goal is produce their artwork, not follow some arbitrary set of rules on how to get there).